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Letter to the Brethren: October 16, 2025

Letter to the Brethren: October 16, 2025

Dear Brethren and Co-Workers in Christ:

Greetings from the Five Cities regional of California again.

Just before the Feast of Tabernacles, we finalized the third and last sermon on our series covering 1 Timothy.

Here are the sermons:

  1. 1 Timothy 1-2: God Wants All Saved, Be Modest
  2. 1 Timothy 3-4: Be Faithful to the Word of God
  3.  1 Timothy 5-6: Godliness

You can watch any you may have missed or re-watch any you wish.

Feast of Tabernacles

My family and I flew back from the Feast of Tabernacles in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma and got back very late yesterday (our first flight was late, so we missed our connection and had to take 3 flights to get to our local airport).

We received the following report and photo from New Zealand late last Sabbath:

Goodmorning Dr Thiel

Just a quick update.

As the photo attached we were joined by family on the Sabbath.

Our prayers are with you and all our brethren around the world enjoying and coming to better understand the Feast of Tabernacles  and Last Great Day ,especially in these days now and just ahead.

Warms regards

Ritchie and Shirley

Here are two reports from deacon Koang Deng in Ethiopia:

Dear Dr.Bob,

We greet you all in the name of our God and Jesus Christ our savior amen.

As we know, we are in a month doing the promise of our God’s commandments.

This week, the feast of Tabernacles is going good, and we are still waiting for the Last Great Day to be celebrate as the promise of God and to do his plan for the Salvation of men.

We have good report from our brethren of south Sudan living in camp near Matar Town, in Gambella, and the celebration of feast day is going well.

Best regards,

Deacon koang Deng.

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Dear Pastor Bob,

Greetings to you this morning.

Yesterday, the feast of Last Great Day ended very well, and the members of CCOG both in Ethiopia and South Sudan participated that day.

I hope, all of us did the same very well in that day.

Again, before we closed the feast, we do received the DVDs, and that was a very great work you have done for us.

Again, our members of the CCOG send a very greetings to all of their brethren and sisters around the globe.

May the great God and Jesus Christ our savior well come all of us to see the coming new year safely.

Here is a report related to Malawi and Mozambique:

Dr Dr Bob and Evans

Greetings from Malawi and Mozambique

We are all fine by the grace of God

Let me first thank you for your prayers and help for the feast of Tabernacle to be successful in all the site appointed namely

           Mwanza

            Zomba

            Migowi

            Chikwawa

Migowi site was composed of Nasiyaya and Domasi brethren from Mozambique.

  The feast of Tabernacle have gone well in the way that everything well and we had a lot of brethren who attended the feast this year compared to last year .

During the trip I managed to visit all the site and it was a wonderful visitation.

Am happy to let you know that the work of God is growing both spiritual and numerical

Best regards

Radson Mulozowa

And we also received positive reports from other areas like Tanzania and Kenya.

Here is a photo and report from Pastor Tiongik Sawek in Kenya:

Receive greetings in Jesus Christ. Hope you’re doing fine. The Feast of Tabernacle went on smoothly here at Riftvalley Kenya. I have received reports from Mau ,Mau 2 , parts of Merigi Kiromwok, Sogororbei, Takitech and Chilani. They all continued well and they were taught well. We really thank the continuing church of God for the support and we really tried to make the celebration successful. We pray so that God may give you strength. We noted that the church in Chilani needs to be expanded a bit to accommodate the growing church population as seen also by Evangelist Ochieng.

I am planning to visit Mau in the coming week so as to meet the affected members due to clashes some time back. As reported by Pastor Stanley, the members who have been affected in Mau really tried their best to celebrate together the feast of tabernacle. I will share the photos. God bless you.

Regards,

PASTOR SAWEK

Speaking of Kenya, Ezekiel Ombasa sent the following photo:

He also mentioned that he baptized 21 people during the Feast of Tabernacles!

In Oklahoma City, we also had a baptism and baptized two.

Brazil

As reported here earlier, I went to Brazil last Summer and baptized a former theology teacher and Protestant minister named Adao de Amorim.  He is now our host for Brazil.


Adao de Amorim and Bob Thiel

This was the first time the Continuing Church of God had a Feast of Tabernacles site in Brazil. Here are emails he sent me about that in Portuguese, which I then machine-translated into English:

boa tarde pastor Bob segue um relatório da festa dos Tabernáculos no sul do Brasil ao todo foram 47 irmãos Reunidos ouvimos todas as mensagens que você pregou arrumamos um tradutor aqui foi muito edificante, abrimos mais 3 grupos de Estudos em três cidades preciso de um carro urgente para dar assistência aos Novos irmãos nesta semana mais três pastores protestantes entraram na Igreja de Deus continuada jhonatha e esposa, gustavo, Dvi e Esposa e filhos, jairo e Família
pastor Bob Estamos maravilhados com os sermões que você
pregou …

pastor Bob quero dedicar minha vida há serviço à igreja de Deus continuada no Brasil … Estou a sua disposição PROFETA BOB DEUS ME MOSTROU QUE VOCÊ É UM UNGIDO DESSES ÚLTIMOS DIAS DA IGREJA DE DEUS NA TERRA HOJE MESMO JÁ ENTROU MAIS DOIS PASTORES NA IGREJA CONTINUADA DE DEUS COM 30 PESSOAS CADA UM PASTOR DAVI DE JESUS ALTAMIRA PARÁ, PASTOR ANTONIO EM TUCURUÍ

A igreja viva de Deus sempre me envia mensagem para trabalhar com eles mas sempre falo to com o pastor Bob e Acabou….

Pastor Bob o Manto profético dos últimos dias está sobre você não desanime nós aqui no Brasil Estamos com você……
pastor Bob mais uma coisa entramos com o pedido do registro da Igreja aqui no Brasil foi Aprovado mas com o tarifaço do Donald trump eles tão pedindo mais 4.5000 pra liberar cnpj e Estatuto da Igreja continuada de Deus no Brasil nos ajude porque o Governo Brasileiro não deixa igreja Americana há funcionar sem registro aqui

Profeta bob hoje também comecei a estudar inglês para melhor servir a igreja de Deus continuada no brasil e traduzir alguns livros pro portugues…Estamos também lhe aguardaNDO AQUI NO SUL DO PARÁ BRASIL

Good afternoon, Pastor Bob. Here’s a report from the Feast of Tabernacles in southern Brazil. There were 47 brothers and sisters gathered. We listened to all the messages you preached. We found a translator here. It was very edifying. We opened three more study groups in three cities. I urgently need a car to assist the new brothers. This week, three more Protestant pastors joined the Continuing Church of God: Jhonatha and his wife, Gustavo, Dvi and his wife and children, Jairo and his family. Pastor Bob: We are amazed by the sermons you preached…

Pastor Bob: I want to dedicate my life to serving the Continuing Church of God in Brazil…

I am at your disposal. PROPHET BOB: GOD SHOWED ME THAT YOU ARE AN ANOINTED ONE OF THESE LAST DAYS OF THE CHURCH OF GOD ON EARTH. TODAY, TWO MORE PASTORS HAVE ALREADY JOINED THE CONTINUING CHURCH OF GOD WITH 30 PEOPLE EACH. PASTOR DAVI DE JESUS ALTAMIRA PARÁ, PASTOR ANTONIO IN TUCURUÍ The Living Church of God always sends me messages to work with them, but I always talk to Pastor Bob, and it’s over…

Pastor Bob, the prophetic mantle of the last days is upon you. Don’t be discouraged. We here in Brazil are with you… Pastor Bob, one more thing. We filed the application for church registration here in Brazil. It was approved, but with Donald Trump’s high prices, they’re asking for an additional R$4,500 to release the CNPJ (National Registry of Legal Entities) and the Statute of the Continuing Church of God in Brazil. Help us because the Brazilian government won’t allow American churches to operate without registration here. Prophet Bob, today I also started studying English to better serve the Continuing Church of God in Brazil and translate some books into Portuguese. We are also waiting for you HERE IN SOUTHERN PARÁ, BRAZIL.

We are moving forward in supporting the registration of the Continuing Church of God in Brazil.

Anyway, Adao de Amorim typically emails me in Portuguese and I machine-translate it. And it looks like we are having growth in Brazil.

Suggested Sabbath Service 

Here is a suggested Sabbath day service for our scattered brethren and other interested people:

Note: If you have a slow internet connection, you can watch these by starting the video, then below it (and towards the right) look for an outline of a gear–if you click on that, it will allow the YouTube video to be played with lower video quality, but at least it will not stop often–you can select a quality as low as 144p. If your internet connection is still too slow (as my home one is) and/or you prefer audio messages to audio-visuals ones, go to the YouTube link for the message, click on SHOW MORE related to the description. You will then see something that says, “Download MP3.” Below that is a link to an MP3 file. Most computers (and even some cellular telephones) will allow MP3 files to be downloaded and played. This is an option we have made available (but we are also looking into ways to improve that as well)–and, of course, we have written article options. Some people have found that if their internet connections are not fast enough, that they can simply listen to the messages that are found at the Bible News Prophecy online radio channel.

IN CASE YOU DO NOT RECEIVE A ‘LETTER TO THE BRETHREN’ FOR ANY WEEK, REMEMBER THAT THERE ARE MANY SERMON MESSAGES ON THE ContinuingCOG channel AND MANY SERMONETTE MESSAGES ON THE Bible News Prophecy channel. There are also some messages at the CCOGAfrica channel. There are also messages in the Spanish language at the CDLIDDSermones channel.

World News Items

There was some good news on the international scene as 20 hostages taken by Hamas two years ago were released–but contrary to statements from US President Donald Trump, the age of terror is not over and there will not be lasting peace in the Middle East (see 20 remaining hostages released by Hamas–but no, Donald Trump, the age of terror is not over).

The price of gold has continued to hit records against the USA dollar, and even legendary investor Ray Dalio is now saying that gold is more stable than US Treasury bills (see Ray Dalio says buy gold over US Treasuries –currency debasement (dross) is theft). The time will come when the US dollar will be worth no more than the cotton-paper it is printed on.

Donald Trump continues to rattle financial and other markets with his tariffs and threats of them. He has again proposed massively increasing them for China (see Trump threatens an additional 100% tariff on China, Europe wants more trade, gold price pointing to dollar decline)–there will be many unintended consequence of his presidency.

Concluding Comments

While we had thousands attend at our couple of dozen Feast of Tabernacles’ sites around the world this month, not all who should have attended, did attend.

Whether or not you attended in 2025, you should plan and resolve to attend in 2026 if at all possible. The Apostle Paul wrote:

23 Let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering, for He who promised is faithful. 24 And let us consider one another in order to stir up love and good works, 25 not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as is the manner of some, but exhorting one another, and so much the more as you see the Day approaching. (Hebrews 10:23-25)

21 I must by all means keep this coming feast in Jerusalem; but I will return again to you, God willing (Acts 18:21).

Will YOU try to insure that BY ALL MEANS you will keep the coming Feast of Tabernacles next year as we see the day approaching?

It is good for you to do so.

The Feast of Tabernacles begins at sunset on September 25th and runs through (including the Last Great Day) sunset October 3rd in 2026.

Plan to attend! You should not wait until next Fall to plan to do so.

Sincerely,

Bob Thiel
Pastor and Overseer